Our son has attended RCC for the last three years and it has been absolutely wonderful!! The…read moreteachers and administrative staff are all excellent. His teachers are always planning fun activities, building lessons to instill independence, taking the kids on fun adventures (walking up the street to the new fire station was a huge hit), and serving as an excellent adult influence in the kids' lives. The teachers and staff are always available to chat quickly at drop-off and pick-up, but they also go out of their way to make themselves available for more in-depth conversations whenever needed. We are so thankful for the role RCC has played in our family's life.

My daughter has attended RCC for the past year, beginning when she was 5 months old. We chose the…read moreCenter because of low teacher turnover, a real emphasis on community, and their thoughtful approach to pandemic response. We're thrilled we did -- my daughter loves school and her teachers, and I'm always impressed with the variety and creativity of activities they plan. My daughter also had some challenges with a few specific milestones, and I truly felt that RCC staff were part of our "team," sending pictures and updates and really working with us to make sure we were on the same page with strategies to help her. I'd highly recommend RCC to parents in the area!

I have had multiple children attend throughout several years and would recommend it to everyone! We…read morelove the serene, short walk to Rock Spring from our house and my children have had exceptionally patient and dedicated teachers during our years here. It seems like every weekend at an Arlington family festival or local library storytime, we are always running into other Rock Spring kids and parents. It is truly a small neighborhood school where you can make lifelong friendships and feel connected to other nearby parents in the same stage of life! Incredibly compassionate and qualified staff.

This is a Cooperative Preschool, if you are like myself, when I started working at this school last…read moreschool year, I was amazed to find that my assistant teacher would be the parents of the children in my classes. What a wonderful learning experience. The children who are 1.5 through Pre-Kindergarten have their parents interacting and being very involved in the early learning years. I have worked in various types of preschools and school environments and can really appreciate and love the way this school teaches its children. The teaching staff works together and loves the children. I stopped working at the school because of personal reasons, which if they had not come up, would have stayed at the school for many years. Each family is giving, friendly, and wants not only the best learning environment for their children but experiences to remember throughout their life.

My 7-year-old twins started at Acton this school year, and I couldn't be happier. We live in North…read moreArlington, where good public schools are available, but I was looking for a different approach. Acton DC is the second micro school I visited, and I was pleasantly surprised when I witnessed a group of mixed-aged children during a Socratic discussion. They were engaged yet relaxed, opinionated yet respectful. You have to see those kids in action. That is the best way to know what the school is all about. You will see a classroom where kids talk and think most. Their guides (they don't call them teachers) support them in their learning journey. Their guides do a fantastic job of helping these kids to be independent thinkers and doers. My kids love their school!

If I could give 10 stars, I would…read more For a year, this school has been a second home and extension of our family. As an educator and parent, I believe our family needed to experience other facilities first in order to truly experience and appreciate TSEL. My husband and I toured almost all 'popular' preschools in Arlington and DC for a couple of months. After going through two prestigious preschools, we finally settled down in this school after a long wait. It was painful hiring two nannies, but it was absolutely worth it. Their program just greatly fits my son. He has improved on his social skills enormously and loves learning academic stuff like alphabets, numbers, shapes, art, painting and social studies at Ms. Donna and Mr. Duan's Class. I am so impressed that he perfectly recites Pledge of Allegiance and Lord's prayer. He's ready for kindergarten academically and socially. Not only academic classes, there are lots of fun and desirable events like bike day, multicultural day, vote day, cooking, music, yoga, zumba dance, foreign language class, science, cooking etc. Oh...summer camp was the best. My son loved going on field trips during the summer camp. My son tells me every morning "Mommy, I go to school today." Even on Saturday and Sundays! Sometimes, he rides his bike and checks the school's front door on weekends. If my son wants to go to school 7 days a week, TSEL must be doing something right. My son has never requested to go to school prior to finding TSEL. I was concerned about turnover as experienced at the previous schools. Since we started TSEL a year ago, there has been no turnover. All Lead teachers, assistant teachers and staff know my son's name and greet him every morning. We feel extremely blessed to have found such a wonderful group of teachers and staff. My four-year-old who starts kindergarten this fall fully prepared academically and I credit TSEL. This school is amazing, period!

Our son went for 2.5 years - great balance of love and learning. Great staff who have been there…read morefor years. Good sense of community and our son loved it.

Our family has been very happy with Blue Bird. Our oldest is always happy to arrive at school and…read moreat pick up. The teachers are truly passionate, and the kids' care has been beyond our expectations. Our daughter continues to expand her Spanish and gets to practice every day through the curriculum and teachers! Every day we receive a report card and little notes from the teachers, along with daily worksheets. We've been amazed at how her writing skills have come along and excited for her to start learning math. We highly recommend checking out Blue Bird for your kids! The teachers and admin team are wonderful, and the care and nurturing the children receive is top level.

I am amazed that this school is still in business. Last year the entire pre-school class quit…read morewithin a month of each other after repeatedly flighting with management about their continued violations of health, safety and child abuse violations. They refused to fix the only working toilet in one building for several months! They refused to call the gas company during a gas leak! They violated regulations on discipline putting kids in isolation and time out for 5 times longer than the legal limit! They planned a pre-K graduation ceremony for the kids, spent a month getting the kids excited, then banned the parents from attending, and told the kids that their parents were all too busy to be there. The owner then said - in writing - that she was doing this to punish the parents for daring to call the County for health and safety violations. This place is not safe. Avoid at all costs.

Nurturing environment that expects every child to rise to excellence, but appreciates every child…read moreas unique. Emphasizes character, sports, & STEM learning. Great parent community. Students from many different backgrounds and countries. I feel that every adult in that building knows and loves every child in that building.

I have 4 kids two of which are attending Green Hedges. Also, I have attended both private and…read morepublic schools growing up. From my personal experience, this school's attention and love for the kids is as good as it gets. The experience and education these kids get is amazing. I feel so lucky every time I think about having such an amazing school for my kids to attend. Both of our kids just love the program and it has felt amazing to see how much they have grown from attending the school and interacting with the other kids. The staff is amazing and the families that we have met clearly have core values and a focus that we want our kids to be around.

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Christian Academy has taught our daughter since the age of 3…read more Enrolling her at the academy was the best academic decision of our lives. The teachers are credentialed, knowledgeable, and most of all caring. They seriously treat each child as if they are their own. In addition to the academics, they incorporate teachings from the bible in their daily lessons. It's a very special feeling when our daughter comes home and shares with us all that she's learned for the day and/or when she tells us one of the many stories from the bible. I have and will continue to recommend the academy to any parent interested in a school for their child. https://mpbcca.org/

My son and daughter attend this school and its amazing. The teachers are kind and supportive. The…read morecurriculum is based on the abeka method and rigorous. My son is in the 90th percentile on his standardized tests. I cant say enough great things about it!

Alumni Reunion 2022 scheduled for the weekend of April…read more22-24, 2022. Received flyer in the mail last week. Bring latest family news and photos. Wife and sisters are making plans.

This school has already provided my twin daughters with an exceptional new outlook into their…read moreupcoming high school years. I'm truly hoping I can keep them connected to such a great school of diversity, Catholic values and tradition! Definitely shooting for this school as their first choice!